Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-10-29
DOMESTIC.

Mayor Reed, Of Louisville, has caused a
sensation by announcing that 10 is mis- inten-
ton TO indict the Louisville Gas company
for using money in the election of state
Legislators
Reports from Egypt are to the effect that
the cotton crop this year will equal that Of
last year. The quality IN upper Egypt has
improved.
The parliamentary elections IA Bulgaria
have resulted fayOrably 10 the government
Commenting upon the fisheries question.
the London Morning Post says that Ameri-
cas- Pacific claims form an excellent cOuu-
ter argument TO Americas Atlantic claims.
An Investigation Of the crooked transac-
tiOns of Caffarel, the French officer who was
dismissed for selling decorations. disclOses
the fact that many prominent Frenchmen
were implicated with him Among them
were the popular idol BOulanger, and NJ.
Wilson, a son-ln-laW Of esident Grevy.
DR.. Wall. president Of the board Of health
Of Tampa. Florida, has telegraDhed Surgeon
General Hamilton that the di%ease which
D s created such scare in that city is IN
questionably yellow fever.
Tho report that Robert Garrett Is insane
is not credited in Wall street. It Is styled a
jay Gould chestnut" by a New York paper.
Some big figures were read at the meeting
of the stockholders of the Western Union in
New York. The gross earnings of the com
pany for The year ending June Both were
$17. 1871, 500 and the Operati g expenses S13,-
l54,G2S. The number of messages handled
was AZ ,394, $50. Owing to recent aquIsitiOns,
notably the absorption of the Baltimore and
Ohio system, the cOmpauy's plant now con-
sists 10000 miles of lines and over 3d.
600 miles of wires.
Mr.. Chamberlain seems to have bean I'M
'ortunate in the remarks he is reported TO
have made concerning the fisheries commis-
sion. A Montreal paper criticises him Sc
verely for " hat il regards as his Indifference
to the interests Of Canada.
Premier Norquay, Of Manitoba. states
that il is the intention of the government to
complete the Red River Valley road this
fall.
The breach between John Bright and Mr..
Glads' one is growing wider. he former Is
out III a letter in which he intimates that
the liberal chief IA actuated solely by desire
to overthrow the present government, which
he hopes to succeed.
Unite States Dist -ict Attorney Walker has
decided that The case OF Rev. e. Walpole
Warren, who was called from England to the
New York, comes under the Contract labor
law" and that he viii he forced to COM
mence suit a ainst the vestry and wardens
of the church.
The Grand Army posts Of Cincinnati pro-
pose TO hold a celebration during the latter
that all the posts IN Ohio, Indiana, and
Kentucky shall take part.
It Is estimated that the cotton crop of the
United States for 1878 viii amount to g.
$4,000 bales, as against 6,5O5,OOO bales for
1867.
Sir Charles Topper has been selected as
the Canadian representative on the fisheries
commission.
he report comes from st. Louis that
her of lead IaI#r nF
western states and territories and leading
o e-de4lers of Mexico have entered into
combination TO keep up prices.
Hon. Ben Butterworth, of Ohio, and
Erastus Aiman, of New York, have en-
requested by business men of Rochester to
address a meeting in that city on CONNER
cial union with Canada, with the view of
forming an association to cooperate with
similar ones in other cities in support of Mr..
ButterGOTth's commercial union bill.
= he French government has determined
to put General Boulanger under arrest for
-hirty days. During that time his conduct
VIII besurtAer inquired into, and it viii be
'ecided whether he shall be deprived of his
command or not.
Further details have been received con
corning the fight between the murdsrers of
Rev. Thomas Ryan and the vIgilantes.
hre5 OF the former were killed, aud one of
them was terrified into a confession in which
he implicated more than tw enty p rsOns IN
the robbery and murder. The leader of the
gang was a man named Cunningham, a
member of a detective agency. Fully 800
men are after this desperate, and if they
capture him he viii be lynched.
The measles is Eo respecter of persons. |
The Processes Maude and Louise, daughters
Of the prince of Wales, are down with the
disease.
There is great suffering among the !
striking coal-miuers In the vicinity of Free |
H.H. 3
lead TO deeds OF violence. The men are for /
eigners of the worst type, many OF them |
followers of the red flag, and at their meet /
ings they are prodigal of threats against the |
coal kings,
Two women named StoItzfus were killed /
by an express train while driving Across a /
railroad track near Lancaster, Pennsyl- ]
vania.
The most destructive fire thathas been |
known in that region for years Is raging IN |
the timber along the northern rilge of the
Blue Il dye mountains. The cotton and
wooden mill of the Park Manufacturing com
pany, of Jenni, Pennsy .vania, was destroyed
by nie the loss amounting to $4,000
Socialists at B rne, Swi zerland, adopted
resolutions protesting against the execution
of the Chicago anarchists
Mitchell, the English pugilist, has chal-
lenged John /. Sullivan to fight for $500.
The eases of the imprisoned state officers
or virginia viii come up before the United
st ties sup reme court in November Mean
whit the prisoners will be set at liberty IN
der bonds of 5000.
Almost the entire peppermint product of
the world comes from three counties in
Michigan ana one IN New York. AbOut
l45,OOU pounds have been raised this year,
which shows a falling of Of 5000 pounds
from the yield Of last year.
An attempt was IN de 10 assassinate F. J.
''uilembiue, the train-mastsr OF the Chicago.
Burlington and Quin y road at Aurora, by
a discharged emplOye of the company
A farmer living near Bowen, Illinois,
struck natural gas while digging for a wei,
and he is prep ring to utilize 1t for heating
and lighting purposes.
A year ago, Henry Sh finer of Pottsville,
NennTy lvilllla, aged "A, married Mrs. Smed-
ley, aged d6. The couple Immediately began
10 quarrel and kept 10 up until Wednesday,
when Shatfer killed his wife and committed
suicide.
Roscoe Conkling and Rev. DR.. Talmage
have been invited to address a meeting
called by the Central Labor union an New
York for next Monday night. to protest
against the execution Of the Chicago an
ar hists.
Louisa StridefOrd, a young woman who
lived in Chicago, died from the effects Of a
dnSe of strychinine, taken with suicidal in
tent.
The grand jury at Valparaiso, Indiana, Is
now as work investigating the kouts dlsas
ter.
a Knotty Problem
WAsuISGr0s, d. c., October 81 COM
m tee from the agricultural convention
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